SEOUL – As the head of all U.S. troops in South Korea – and a pretty big MMA fan, to boot – Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell is making sure some soldiers get a memorable Thanksgiving today in Seoul.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic became the latest MMA icon to retire citing a plague of injuries. He wrote it off as the price that must be paid in private for the glory he shared with us in public, but the process of paying that bill may be just beginning.